horsefly

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Noun

horsefly (plural horseflies)

1. Any of several medium- to large flies, of the family Tabanidae, that suck the blood of mammals (not to be confused with Stomoxys calcitrans, the stable fly, or dog fly).

Synonyms

• (fly of family Tabanidae): cleg, deer fly, forest fly, gadfly, March fly (Australia), yellow fly, zimb

Translations

horsefly

Czech: ovád (cs) m. Danish: klæg (da) c. Estonian: parm (et) Finnish: paarma (fi) French: taon (fr) m. German: Bremse (de) f. Greek: αλογόμυγα (el) (alogómyga) Hungarian: bögöly (hu) Icelandic: kleggi m. Italian: tafano (it) m. Japanese: 虻 (ja) (あぶ, ábu)

Latin: tabānus (la) m. Navajo: tłʼézhii, łį́į́ʼ bitsísʼná Norwegian: klegg (no) Occitan: tavan (oc) m. Polish: bąk (pl) m. Portuguese: mutuca (pt) f., tavão (pt) m. Romanian: tăun (ro) m. Russian: слепень (ru) (slépen’) m. Swedish: broms (sv) c. Turkish: atsineği (tr) Ukrainian: ґедзь (uk) (gedz') m.

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